Pages

Friday, 4 June 2021

Spates

Should it be
An autumn Friday afternoon
With the river surging over
The waterfall, bypassing the fish-pass

Could it be
Thirty years, or more, before
That spring Monday morning
A walk on Dartmoor, to the Watercombe intake

Aqua oh aqua
Would it be
A winter weekend
At the moorland reservoir
Making a snowman on the perimeter wall

Should it, could it, would that it be
A full week in the summer
Climbing into waves
Washing toes along the seashore
Singing aqua oh aqua